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and we also have a role in that position of making law. so much law about war, that it didn't even exist because this is a war the likes of which the united states had never seen. many, many policies about how the war should be conducted, he could be very influential there. he also was responsible to a great extent for making sure that the presidents policies were supported and that people follow his policies, not the least of which was emancipation. he had an enormous responsible child of work constantly. >> so many passages of your book really eliminate those relationships. >> that is correct. >> can you talk about that relationship? >> yes, my sons of their relationship must have been extremely cordial. extremely and mutually respectful, many people have asked me over the years did he ever meet president lincoln at all and what kind of contact that they had? they met often and for many hours at a time. any capital case had to be discussed with the president and the president must sign off on it. and there were a lot of those cases that
and we also have a role in that position of making law. so much law about war, that it didn't even exist because this is a war the likes of which the united states had never seen. many, many policies about how the war should be conducted, he could be very influential there. he also was responsible to a great extent for making sure that the presidents policies were supported and that people follow his policies, not the least of which was emancipation. he had an enormous responsible child of work...
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looking up to the law the rule of law and above all to the law of laws in the constitution. they didn't -- and so for them you can see this and say the way woodrow wilson treats the federalist. he has little acquaint ens with it. he never studied it carefully as one might in many colleges and universities today because he assumed the meaning of the federalist was what the federalist did, what it accomplishes, the work it proceeded from it. the doctrine of the federalist were optional. they belonged to the world that had been surpassed by con temporary america. and this is a principle the progressives apply to ruthlessly to religion as well as to education and to politics. that's why president obama is not embarrassed to say as he says in the second book, the awe disty of hope, he believes in the living constitution. the phrase to a large extend the idea come from wilson. the term sounds so green, so natural, so organic like one of those environmental laws republicans are always opposing according to the democrats. that's a district misdestruction. the living constitution tha
looking up to the law the rule of law and above all to the law of laws in the constitution. they didn't -- and so for them you can see this and say the way woodrow wilson treats the federalist. he has little acquaint ens with it. he never studied it carefully as one might in many colleges and universities today because he assumed the meaning of the federalist was what the federalist did, what it accomplishes, the work it proceeded from it. the doctrine of the federalist were optional. they...
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we can practice our laws as we see fit. >> more about harriet beecher stowe's this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles with behind-the-scenes at the history of literary life of augusta, maine and noon eastern on booktv on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. >> michael grunwald presents his thoughts on the $800 billion stimulus bill, the american recovery reinvestment act signed into law by president obama on february 17, 2009. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thanks, all of you, for coming and braving the rain. i am thrilled to start by 4 in new york. my wonderful parents are here. the only new yorkers who go to florida to visit their grandchildren. there are a lot of facts and figures and fun characters and colorful stories. i knew it was going to be controversial and it would be revisionist history of the obama stimulus and everybody hates the obama stimulus. obama he did too. a year after it passed a percentage of americans who believe the stimulus created jobs was lower than the percentage of americans who
we can practice our laws as we see fit. >> more about harriet beecher stowe's this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles with behind-the-scenes at the history of literary life of augusta, maine and noon eastern on booktv on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. >> michael grunwald presents his thoughts on the $800 billion stimulus bill, the american recovery reinvestment act signed into law by president obama on...
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it didn't have to because the law of the land after two-thirds of the state ratify it becomes the law but kentucky held out in the 20th century. the late 20th century. mans pating the -- or supporting that. that's impressive. they it stay in the union. and it was lincoln's home state too. of course. >> that's right. with all of that, as a backdrop, why is he lincoln's forgotten ally? i
it didn't have to because the law of the land after two-thirds of the state ratify it becomes the law but kentucky held out in the 20th century. the late 20th century. mans pating the -- or supporting that. that's impressive. they it stay in the union. and it was lincoln's home state too. of course. >> that's right. with all of that, as a backdrop, why is he lincoln's forgotten ally? i
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in a way the institutions are so big that they are shielded because even with that massive trading law you see jpmorgan returning profits, so they are very respective but we have created the system where the biggar just gigantic. estimate and they know that they will be built up by the taxpayer and that creates what they call moral hazard. describe -- this is a great question because we get a bill but to much inside baseball journalism in the world all three of us. describe the problems inherent in the optional arm product and its aggressive push by wamu. >> that is a great question because we didn't get into that. wamu basically everyone knows for their sub prime lending that one of the risky products and actually biggest is the option armload so this is an incredibly dodging mortgage where you could actually choose between the various options each month, you pay your loan. one of the options is to pay the minimum balance and the amount you weren't paying gets tacked on to your principal cingular krin that you just don't know it because you are fooling yourself thinking you are paying
in a way the institutions are so big that they are shielded because even with that massive trading law you see jpmorgan returning profits, so they are very respective but we have created the system where the biggar just gigantic. estimate and they know that they will be built up by the taxpayer and that creates what they call moral hazard. describe -- this is a great question because we get a bill but to much inside baseball journalism in the world all three of us. describe the problems...
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you know, something stays for recruiting industries, passing right to work laws. they were receiving lots of funding for the federal government to build military licenses at the time the united states is involved in the cold war against the soviet union. so states like mississippi, georgia and texas and florida and southern california and arizona and north carolina are all transformed in the post-world war ii period by this historic shift in population and political influence. i mean, just think about it. the period from 1964 to 2008 can be thought of this kind of do. if sun belt dominance in american presidential history. when you think about every president elected from 1964 to 2008, comes from the state of the sun belt. bennett johnson from texas, richard nixon from california, gerald ford was never elected, not even vice president come as a guest account he was michigan. jimmy carter, ronald reagan come the first church veteran texas va connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. the 2008 is a watershed election. it ends his 40 year
you know, something stays for recruiting industries, passing right to work laws. they were receiving lots of funding for the federal government to build military licenses at the time the united states is involved in the cold war against the soviet union. so states like mississippi, georgia and texas and florida and southern california and arizona and north carolina are all transformed in the post-world war ii period by this historic shift in population and political influence. i mean, just...
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in the old days, when you put people in jail there was a difference between criminal law and tort law in criminal law you were supposed to have what was called mens rea or intent. you intended to kill somebody. if you accidentally hit someone on your bicycle, that wasn't murder. there's a man in jail from southern mississippi for ten years, without parole, for putting clean fill dirt on a low area of his land. sometimes it's removing dirt from one part of your land to another part of your land. we've gone crazy on this, and some of it was well-intend at the beginning. the clean water act says you can't dump pollutants in the waters of the u.s. improve believe in that. no chemical company should be allowed to dump chemicals in the iowa river but putting dirt in your own land is not the same. >> are these some of the issues you have dealt with in the last couple of years. >> we have brought these people up. i brought the family from idaho. they were being assessed a $5,000 a day fine and told they can't build on their land and had to make it like they used to be and there's no water tou
in the old days, when you put people in jail there was a difference between criminal law and tort law in criminal law you were supposed to have what was called mens rea or intent. you intended to kill somebody. if you accidentally hit someone on your bicycle, that wasn't murder. there's a man in jail from southern mississippi for ten years, without parole, for putting clean fill dirt on a low area of his land. sometimes it's removing dirt from one part of your land to another part of your land....
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the law, but kentucky held out until the 20th century. the late 20th century, emancipating or supporting that amendment. that's impressive for a state that stayed in the union, and it was lincoln's home state too, of course. >> that's right. with that as a backdrop, why do you say "lincoln's forgotten ally"? >> i think because of the nature of the kentucky's post war history. if he was a union man and the state was really somewhat angry at the direction the union policy took, then there's not much to celebrate about holt; right? he was, in many ways, lincoln's hammer, and if you really didn't like emancipation and so on, and so kentucky wouldn't be inclined to celebrate him other than maybe the unionists in the state. he was also an intensely private person. someone who never sought elected officings and so he didn't do a whole lot to promote himself, although he lived a long life into the late 1800s, 1894 he died, but he retreated in the last 20 years of life into pretty much a private world and didn't promote himself. i also think that
the law, but kentucky held out until the 20th century. the late 20th century, emancipating or supporting that amendment. that's impressive for a state that stayed in the union, and it was lincoln's home state too, of course. >> that's right. with that as a backdrop, why do you say "lincoln's forgotten ally"? >> i think because of the nature of the kentucky's post war history. if he was a union man and the state was really somewhat angry at the direction the union policy...
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this was the rule of law and he is president was going to take care of the law. it made it much easier, and easier pill for the south to swallow. [applause] >> jonathan is great to be with you today and with all the booklovers at this fabulous festival and with a very distinguished biographer, jean edward smith way think has contributed immeasurably to the eisenhower scholarship and i have to agree he was underestimated definitely and i'm so glad that you have written such a powerful book. i think it's fascinating in reading the book to see that more of the book is focused on the military career, even though as you've just spent almost most of your time talking about the incredible eight years of of the eisenhardt registration, the estate leaned over and whispered to me i have never heard the interstate highway system applauded before. pretty exciting. first-time. >> all those people who were applauding are now going to get on 395 and be stuck in traffic or three hours. [laughter] powerbook is a different kind of book. it's a memoir. it's david's memoir about lif
this was the rule of law and he is president was going to take care of the law. it made it much easier, and easier pill for the south to swallow. [applause] >> jonathan is great to be with you today and with all the booklovers at this fabulous festival and with a very distinguished biographer, jean edward smith way think has contributed immeasurably to the eisenhower scholarship and i have to agree he was underestimated definitely and i'm so glad that you have written such a powerful...
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but we did have an affordable accessible child care law that can't pass congress in 1961. and richard nixon vetoed it because he thought it would destroy the nuclear family. there has never been another legislative push for coming and coming indie kind of public or private support for working families. and i'm hoping that table as young men have got now more involved in their families and have much more different values now, have lots of careers as well, that somehow we can get that back onto the political agenda because that's what's really keeping the talent pool. it's called for the key pipeline. we have a pipeline but it leads because so many women can't do both jobs well. it's really difficult. [inaudible] >> i think that is something we can all -- i'm not quite sure how to do. i think even get within companies. we have to get more flexible. i just flew out of with a woman from a price waterhouse big accounting firm. and accountants have been more feminine organization for many, many years. young women have graduated in accounting for a long time, and the accounting f
but we did have an affordable accessible child care law that can't pass congress in 1961. and richard nixon vetoed it because he thought it would destroy the nuclear family. there has never been another legislative push for coming and coming indie kind of public or private support for working families. and i'm hoping that table as young men have got now more involved in their families and have much more different values now, have lots of careers as well, that somehow we can get that back onto...
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grandchildren and a stepdaughter and a son-in-law that is here. so i want to affirm my connection with the l.a. region. thinking about the predicament we are in in this country today reminds me that charlie brown cartoon the one where lucey goes in the backyard and sets up a table that says psychiatry 1 cent. charlie comes up and says, he puts his penny down and she says charlie, in order for me to help analyze you and your problems, of life as a voyage on a great ocean liner. are you one of those people who takes your chair of the bowel and looks into the future to see where you're going or are you one of those people that takes your chair to the store man looks back to see where you come from and he thought a moment and said i'm having trouble getting my chair unfolded. [laughter] so here we are. i will share with you a couple of quotes from my book this one is louis brandeis. we must make our choice. we have democracy or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. and then a comment from john w. gardiner who w
grandchildren and a stepdaughter and a son-in-law that is here. so i want to affirm my connection with the l.a. region. thinking about the predicament we are in in this country today reminds me that charlie brown cartoon the one where lucey goes in the backyard and sets up a table that says psychiatry 1 cent. charlie comes up and says, he puts his penny down and she says charlie, in order for me to help analyze you and your problems, of life as a voyage on a great ocean liner. are you one of...
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law, blog, blog. but it's a sanguine letter and gives an indication of how quickly news could travel. this is a today's empowered the injured and are to his getting letters from home expressing condoled as in concern. this is a transcription of the telegraph that was done to to inform the howard family in maine that he had been injured or have been wounded. and then within a day is a veteran from howard.com, written obviously with his left hand, so you get a sense, something has happened here, that is well enough to want to write, but videos that makes the good old college try of writing left-handed because he didn't have another choice. bitter he was awarded medal of honor for his service. a year later we have another letter from him, again to guy. you can see he is sort of figured out how to write with his left hand. at least this illegible letter now. this is a great letter for a couple reasons. why does he use camp and outside of chat is at this point and anticipation through georgia. and he write
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[laughter] you violated the law. and i said they were bad laws. their customs, they were tradition, and we wanted america to be better to live up to the declaration of independence, make real our democracy. when i got arrested the first time this books and i felt free. i felt liberated and today more than ever i feel free in the liberated. abraham lincoln 150 years ago freed the slaves but it took the modern-day civil rights movement to elaborate a nation. [applause] i know some of you are asking where did you get the name "across that bridge," where do to get the title from, life lessons and the vision for change? just like a few short years ago since this is an election year, hundreds and thousands and millions of people come in 11 states and the old confederacy from virginia to texas couldn't register to vote simply cause of the color of their skin. people stood in line. it took a state like the state of mississippi in 1963, 1964, 1965 more than four need to keep those in the but only about 16 those and were registered to vote. there was a coun
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some of my in-laws where they are and were able to get out. my wife and children did not come to tehran. this one in the foreign service recalled an unaccompanied posts come a post about family. we had been in saudi arabia before and they stayed on in udi arabia, which is a good place for them. it was a great relief for me being captive, knowing that the were safe and in a secure place >> host: finally come any ptsd issues for you? >> guest: none that i'm aware of. i know it hasn't been easy -- o course, these are not easy for some people. as you can tell probably peter, one of my best therapy is talking about it and talking about these issues. i mean, once in a while things come back about the incident. but as i said to you, the damage done to harness i think was much less than what was done to our iranian friends and relatives. poster we have been talking on booktv with her for sir john limbert, author of this book, "negotiation with iran: wrestling with the ghosts of history." you are watching tv on
some of my in-laws where they are and were able to get out. my wife and children did not come to tehran. this one in the foreign service recalled an unaccompanied posts come a post about family. we had been in saudi arabia before and they stayed on in udi arabia, which is a good place for them. it was a great relief for me being captive, knowing that the were safe and in a secure place >> host: finally come any ptsd issues for...
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they were passing right to work laws. they were receiving lots of funding for the federal government to build military installations at a time when the united states was involved in the cold war with the soviet union, so states like mississippi, states like georgia, texas, florida, southern california, arizona and north carolina are all being transformed in the post-world war ii period by this historic shift in population. just think about it. this period from 1964 to 2008 can be thought of this kind of the period of sunbelt dominance in the american presidential history. if you think about it, every president elected from 1964 to 2008 comes from a state of the sunbelt. lyndon johnson from texas, richard nixon from california, gerald ford was not even elected vice president. he was from michigan. jimmy carter from georgia, ronald reagan from california, the first george bush from texas and bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. so 2008 is in some ways a watershed election it's in being the four-year pe
they were passing right to work laws. they were receiving lots of funding for the federal government to build military installations at a time when the united states was involved in the cold war with the soviet union, so states like mississippi, states like georgia, texas, florida, southern california, arizona and north carolina are all being transformed in the post-world war ii period by this historic shift in population. just think about it. this period from 1964 to 2008 can be thought of...
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secure city police had come in to the town and decided the best way to identify who was violating the law on watching south korea television would be to kill all the power. they came to the family's home, they took hammers and hacked up the vcr they had. pulled out the tape which was frozen saw that was a south creern soap opera and took the entire family in to a prison camp. one member of that family, i believe, escaped. to give a little bit of personal testimony here, is our next speaker. .. he escaped from north korea. he hid in china alone for one year and then, with the help of the underground railroad, was able to make his way to of the united states consulate in northeast china where he was given sanctuary. he eventually made it to the united states in 2007 when he was 16 years old. for four years, though, he had effectively been on his own, beginning at the age of 12 after his father starved to death.er o he lived as what we would callsw almost a wondering street urchin. the name in carian refers to upg flustering sparrows. if only. when melanie asked him what his ivtivation was f
secure city police had come in to the town and decided the best way to identify who was violating the law on watching south korea television would be to kill all the power. they came to the family's home, they took hammers and hacked up the vcr they had. pulled out the tape which was frozen saw that was a south creern soap opera and took the entire family in to a prison camp. one member of that family, i believe, escaped. to give a little bit of personal testimony here, is our next speaker. .....
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secure city police had come in to the town and decided the best way to identify who was violating the law on watching south korea television would be to kill all the power. they came to the family's home, they took hammers and hacked up the vcr they had. pulled out the tape which was frozen saw that was a south creern soap opera and took the entire family in to a prison camp. one member of that family, i believe, escaped. to give a little bit of personal testimony here, is our next speaker. .. >> four years he had effectively been on his some from the age of 12 after his father starve to death you lived as what we would call the one during the street urchin. when asked his motivation from fleeing north korea he simply replied i was hungry. like so many other refugees from north korea risking his life across the river into china there he was stopped by a good samaritan and he was fortunate it was not a chinese official sending him across the border. they said you can get help. godown the road a little bit and in the next village you will find a church. his response was, what it is a church
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there's no rule of law. and perceived infractions are met with harsh punishment, punishment i should add that is often meeted out to three generation office a person's family. a political offender knows that when he goes to prison, his parents and his children will probably go with him. there are probably about 200,000 north koreans today in the gulag, and more than a million, perhaps as high is a two million, have already died there. the reason we know all of this, and much, much more, is thanks to the testimonies of north koreans who have escaped. these are the people i write about in my book. this this knowledge comes to us despite the best efforts of the kim family regime to keep it secret. for more than 50 years, ever since the end of the korean war, north korea has sealed off from the world's eyes. the kim family regime has pursued an isolationist policy and it maintains an iron grip on information. access to which is very strictly controlled. to give just one example, every radio must be registered wi
there's no rule of law. and perceived infractions are met with harsh punishment, punishment i should add that is often meeted out to three generation office a person's family. a political offender knows that when he goes to prison, his parents and his children will probably go with him. there are probably about 200,000 north koreans today in the gulag, and more than a million, perhaps as high is a two million, have already died there. the reason we know all of this, and much, much more, is...
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more women than men are in law school and medical school now. wind elizabeth dole would describe how she was one of 24 women at harvard law school, it really is an older notion at this point, and i think it distances her from the younger audiences. i don't think it is a good idea for our modern women candid it's debbie describing the obstacles that they face and how unique they are because we tend to resist voting for someone who is the first of anything because it seems scary and throw another good idea because we have never done before. i think taking attention away from that is better. >> and not labeling issues as women's issues are feminist issues. at think all of the women in the book really did not run as women . there is a book called running as a woman. i cannot remove the first name, but when pat schroeder ran the first time for congress out in colorado somebody asked her, do you plan on running as a woman and her response was, do i have another option. end it is obvious that this is a woman. obviously have never had a woman president.
more women than men are in law school and medical school now. wind elizabeth dole would describe how she was one of 24 women at harvard law school, it really is an older notion at this point, and i think it distances her from the younger audiences. i don't think it is a good idea for our modern women candid it's debbie describing the obstacles that they face and how unique they are because we tend to resist voting for someone who is the first of anything because it seems scary and throw another...
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this was the fugitive slave law bill seen as a compromise between the north and south to avoid law -- war. that is what the novel was trying to do. i am a person and i am against slavery as was most of new england and it is my right to help a slave who finds him or herself in our borders. we have a right to do that. we are not a slave state and we should be allowed to practice our laws as we see fit. >> more about. beecher stowe this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span local content vehicles look behind the history and literary life of augusta, maine on booktv on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. >> here's a look at the upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the seattle aquarium book fair will take place october 13th and fourteenth focusing on rare books, prints and photographs. this is the twentieth anniversary. the west virginia book festival in charleston is on october 13th and fourteenth. the author of a series of books that hbo's truth blood is based on will be featured. on october 14th, the three day 7 festi
this was the fugitive slave law bill seen as a compromise between the north and south to avoid law -- war. that is what the novel was trying to do. i am a person and i am against slavery as was most of new england and it is my right to help a slave who finds him or herself in our borders. we have a right to do that. we are not a slave state and we should be allowed to practice our laws as we see fit. >> more about. beecher stowe this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span local...
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you know, on some things related to military law. i think that he probably like stanton waste that lincoln was a little more self protective. you know, lincoln was famous for writing a without any protection holtz, one of the things he did at the very end of his assignment as buchanan's secretary of war was make sure that lincoln got into washington and was inaugurated safely. and he carried the pride of having overseen that throughout the war. and having spent many hours and days and weeks trying to find where the traders were in the north who might -- the northerners knew the south was at odds with them, but where were the seven allies in the north? how can they be uncovered? how can their plots be stopped? and hold was very involved in that. very devoted to lincoln. i think when lincoln was assassinated, i cannot even imagine how devastating that would have been for him, especially looking back four years and knowing that he himself had been so instrumental in making sure that lincoln was safe at the start of his presidency. >> do
you know, on some things related to military law. i think that he probably like stanton waste that lincoln was a little more self protective. you know, lincoln was famous for writing a without any protection holtz, one of the things he did at the very end of his assignment as buchanan's secretary of war was make sure that lincoln got into washington and was inaugurated safely. and he carried the pride of having overseen that throughout the war. and having spent many hours and days and weeks...
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stronger steps to rid us of this mania of testing which ever since no child left behind has come into law is the kind of national psychosis, but there's something psychotic about it. it can't be numbered. it doesn't count. my father's psychiatrist use to take me to the back boards of mental hospitals in massachusetts and so many people on the most severe depression the only way they could ease their discomfort is by numbering everything. they would restlessly move object surrounded the table to get them in the pattern, and as i mentioned, some of the bureaucrats in washington maybe they would enjoy este in the recovery house to get over this numerical what action. this hoping of judging children and their teachers primarily on the basis of that very narrow slice of purely mechanistic skills that can be measured more simplistically by standardized exam and ruling out as a consequence ruling out all of those more authentic forms of culture that are not reduced to numbers like reading books for pleasure. it's the only reason i read a book. you get no points for pleasure or asking thoughtful
stronger steps to rid us of this mania of testing which ever since no child left behind has come into law is the kind of national psychosis, but there's something psychotic about it. it can't be numbered. it doesn't count. my father's psychiatrist use to take me to the back boards of mental hospitals in massachusetts and so many people on the most severe depression the only way they could ease their discomfort is by numbering everything. they would restlessly move object surrounded the table to...
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more women than men are in law school and medical school now. and so, when elizabeth dole would describe how she was one of 24 women at harvard law school, is really an older notion at this point. if you get distances her from the younger audience is. so i don't think it's a good idea for modern women candidate to keep describing the obstacles they face and how unique they are because we tend to resist voting for someone who was the first of anything because it seems scary and probably not a good idea because it's never done it before. so i think taking attention away from that is better. >> and not labeling issues as women's issues are feminist issues. i think all the women in the book really didn't run as women. there's a book called running as a woman. but when pat schroeder ran the first time for congress on colorado, someone asked her to come her to come into play and is running as a woman? her question was, do i have another option? [laughter] it is obvious this is a woman. it's obviously never had a woman president. so i don't think you n
more women than men are in law school and medical school now. and so, when elizabeth dole would describe how she was one of 24 women at harvard law school, is really an older notion at this point. if you get distances her from the younger audience is. so i don't think it's a good idea for modern women candidate to keep describing the obstacles they face and how unique they are because we tend to resist voting for someone who was the first of anything because it seems scary and probably not a...
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in part through buckley defendant police and blame the demonstrators, saying they are breaking the law. vidal defended demonstrators commencing their practice in a constitutional right. the exchange became more heated and incoherent. oakley cited oliver wendell holmes, whom you must despise. vidal cited the constitution. buckley interrupt you. and some people were pro-subfloor. some people were pro-subfloor and were well treated by the people ostracize them an answer ostracizing people take on other other people to shoot an american marines and soldiers. i know you don't care, vidal. as far as i'm concerned the whole crypto nazi i can think of is yourself. howard k. smith, let's not call names. and buckley delivered the insert heard around the world. now listen, you clear, quit calling me a crypto subfloor oral sock you in the face. let's stop calling names. buckley: and you'll stay plastered. but myra breckenridge go back to his and start making allusions to not see them. i s in the infantry in the last were. vidal: you were not in the infantry. as a matter fact i meet in front in the
in part through buckley defendant police and blame the demonstrators, saying they are breaking the law. vidal defended demonstrators commencing their practice in a constitutional right. the exchange became more heated and incoherent. oakley cited oliver wendell holmes, whom you must despise. vidal cited the constitution. buckley interrupt you. and some people were pro-subfloor. some people were pro-subfloor and were well treated by the people ostracize them an answer ostracizing people take on...
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i have thought about the story law. it is a metaphor for the difficulty had. there is a challenge to vase. there is no straightforward way of a figure that is as controversial. sometimes wonder if this is not a way to carry his baggage. goodness knows, he has some. the other challenge was to fight the urge to not simply walk away to place walk away to place himself in position. with living breathinguman being. what i wanted to do is to write a history of strom thurmond america. in a critical and dispassionate way touche beach of our on america's, to have a measure of reason to these issues that embroil politics today. that is the goal. that is the mission. what are the issues of the strom thurmond history speaks to? a lot of us remember who he was. the 1948 dixiecrat presidential candidate. strom thurmond was a lead author of the 19567 manifesto, the protest of the supreme court decision brown verses education. he is a record holder to this day. 24 hours, 18 minutes he spoke against the 1957 civil-rights bill. he was one of the last jim crow demagogues. what w
i have thought about the story law. it is a metaphor for the difficulty had. there is a challenge to vase. there is no straightforward way of a figure that is as controversial. sometimes wonder if this is not a way to carry his baggage. goodness knows, he has some. the other challenge was to fight the urge to not simply walk away to place walk away to place himself in position. with living breathinguman being. what i wanted to do is to write a history of strom thurmond america. in a critical...
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. >> is an early law school student. what now? that that's really fascinating because they really said he had this feeling of almost a destiny to be on the court when he was very, very john. there was this confluence of events, where jackson plays the role that allowed him to do that. he had a professor who he taken an interest in him. and so the professor was friends with robert h. jackson. jackson is going to be coming out to stanford. you have to remember is hard to get out there from washington. it was hard to get out there, was a rare for someone from stanford gave stanford had a good law school and rehnquist was smart, but it was hard for someone who wasn't in the ivy league to be a clerk on the court. it was very much an honor and it was hard. the justices in those days had been working with one clerk. so maybe nine people were 10, 11 people you're getting his clerkships. >> host: and i remember right they just distraction at a groundbreaking for the law school? what bottom-up there? >> guest: came out into things
. >> is an early law school student. what now? that that's really fascinating because they really said he had this feeling of almost a destiny to be on the court when he was very, very john. there was this confluence of events, where jackson plays the role that allowed him to do that. he had a professor who he taken an interest in him. and so the professor was friends with robert h. jackson. jackson is going to be coming out to stanford. you have to remember is hard to get out there from...
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rehnquist with a big question mark. >> host: as a law school student. >> guest: as a law school student. as an early law school student. what now, honorable w.h. rehnquist. so that really fascinated me because it really said that he had this feeling of, um, almost a destiny to be on the court when he was very, very young. but there was this confluence of events where jackson plays a role that allowed him to do that. he had a professor who had taken an interest in him, and so the professor was friends with robert h. jackson. and jackson was going to be coming out to stanford. you have to remember, it was hard to get out there from washington. >> host: that's right. we're in the early '50s. >> guest: early '50s. it was hard to get out there. it was rare for someone from stanford -- stanford had a very good law school, and rehnquist was just whip smart, but it was hard for someone who wasn't in the ivy league to be a clerk on the court. it was very much an honor. and it was hard. actually, the justices in those days, jackson had been working with one clerk. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: so ma
rehnquist with a big question mark. >> host: as a law school student. >> guest: as a law school student. as an early law school student. what now, honorable w.h. rehnquist. so that really fascinated me because it really said that he had this feeling of, um, almost a destiny to be on the court when he was very, very young. but there was this confluence of events where jackson plays a role that allowed him to do that. he had a professor who had taken an interest in him, and so the...
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and -- law school student. really said that he had this feeling of almost deafening to be on the court when he was very young. but there was this confluence of events where jackson plays a role that allowed him to do that. he had a professor who had taken an interest in him and so the professor was friends with robert h. jackson and jackson was going to be coming out to stanford. you have to remember it was hard to get out there from washington in those days. >> host: we were in the early 50's. >> guest: it was hard to get out there and rare for someone from stanford. rehnquist was whip smart but it was hard for someone he wasn't in the ivy league to be a clerk on the court. it was very much an honor and it was hard. actually the justices in those days, jackson had been working with one clerk so maybe nine people or 10 or 11 people year are getting these clerkships coming out of the ivy league. >> host: am i remembering right that's just as jackson was in the groundbreaking for the law school? what ride them ou
and -- law school student. really said that he had this feeling of almost deafening to be on the court when he was very young. but there was this confluence of events where jackson plays a role that allowed him to do that. he had a professor who had taken an interest in him and so the professor was friends with robert h. jackson and jackson was going to be coming out to stanford. you have to remember it was hard to get out there from washington in those days. >> host: we were in the early...
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i started out being an economics major because i thought i wanted to go to law school, discovered, in fact, that i really loved the study of rhetoric, which is one of the the most ancient faculties, and decided to just do both. c-span: and how did you get to the washington post? >> guest: well, my senior year at berkeley i did an internship at newsweek magazine in their san francisco bureau. and it was, as a lot of people's experience in journalism, you discover that you're right there smack in the middle of some pretty exciting things. that was the year that the mayor of san francisco was assassinated, moscone, and also, the jonestown massacre. and most of the people who had been killed or committed suicide down in jonestown were from the san francisco area. it was a church. the people from there had started out as a church in san francisco. so here i was, this sort of young person sort of thrust into this really -- to me, it seemed like, "wow. this is like the front seat of america." and so i came to washington shortly after graduation. i didn't have a job. i had a friend who had al
i started out being an economics major because i thought i wanted to go to law school, discovered, in fact, that i really loved the study of rhetoric, which is one of the the most ancient faculties, and decided to just do both. c-span: and how did you get to the washington post? >> guest: well, my senior year at berkeley i did an internship at newsweek magazine in their san francisco bureau. and it was, as a lot of people's experience in journalism, you discover that you're right there...